1501:31-3-04
Prohibited places and times for using nets in lake Erie.

(A)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
use or to set, place, fish, locate, or maintain a net or trotline in the
limited fishing areas in the lake Erie fishing district described as follows:

(1)
From the Camp Perry firing area located
in Ottawa county, north of Camp Perry and northwest of Port Clinton, Ohio,
beginning at a point north of the mouth of the Toussaint river, located at
longitude 83° 03.4 ' and latitude 41° 36' in the proximity of buoy
(W-or-J); thence easterly at 93° for approximately 13,000 yards to a point
located at longitude 82° 54.8 ' and latitude 41 35.7 ' in the proximity of
buoy (W-or-F); thence northwesterly at 326° for approximately 14,000 yards
to a point located at longitude 83° 00' and latitude 41° 41.5 ' in the
proximity of buoy (W-or-C); thence westerly at 270° for approximately
11,400 yards to a point located at longitude 83° 07.6 ' and latitude
41° 41.5 ' in the proximity of buoy (W-or-A); thence southeasterly at
150° for approximately 12,700 yards to the point of beginning.

(2)
Bass island area located in Ottawa county
northeast of Port Clinton, beginning at buoy (R2) FI-6 Sec., south of South
Bass island; thence northeasterly at 25° for approximately 11,650 yards to
buoy (1) FI-4 Sec.-Bell; thence northerly at 12° for approximately 2,100
yards to international buoy (W-or-E); thence northwesterly at 302° for
approximately 8,050 yards to buoy (R6) FI-r-4 Sec.-Bell; thence southwesterly
at 203° for approximately 5,225 yards to buoy (RN2); thence southerly at
185° for approximately 8,100 yards to Green island light (FI-2-1/2 Sec.-80
ft. 8 Stm); thence southeasterly at 131° for approximately 6,050 yards to
the point of beginning.

(3)
Kellys
island area located in Erie and Ottawa counties north of Sandusky, Ohio,
beginning at the Marblehead light (FI-G-6 Sec.-67 ft. 7 Stm); thence
northwesterly at 339° for approximately 9,800 yards to buoy (R2)(FI-R-4
Sec.); thence northeasterly at 27° for approximately 10,700 yards to the
Canadian-United States international line at the western tip of Middle island;
thence southeasterly at 129° for approximately 7,100 yards to buoy (1)(FI-4
Sec.); thence southwesterly at 209° for approximately 15,100 yards to the
point of beginning.

(4)
Ruggles
reef area located in Erie county between Huron and Vermilion, Ohio, beginning
at the east bank of the mouth of the Huron river, located at longitude 82°
32.0 ' and latitude 41° 23.9 '; thence due north at 0° for 2,640 yards
to a point located at longitude 82° 32.9 ' and latitude 41° 25.2 ';
thence easterly for approximately 19,108 yards, running parallel to and at a
distance of 2,640 yards from the shoreline, to a point located at longitude
82° 21.9 ' and latitude 41° 26.9 '; thence due south at 180° for
2,640 yards to the west bank of the mouth of the Vermilion river, located at
longitude 82° 21.9 ' and latitude 41° 25.6 '; thence westerly following
the shoreline for approximately 19,108 yards to the point of
beginning.

(B)
It shall
be unlawful for any person to set or use in fishing a net or trotline within
one-half mile of West Sister island, located in Jerusalem township, Lucas
county waters of lake Erie northeast of Toledo, Ohio.

(C)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
set, use or maintain from May fifteenth to October fifteenth each year a net or
trotline within four nautical miles of the stipulated reference points at each
of the following Ohio lake Erie harbors:

Descriptions of reference point lights and their geographic
locations are taken from the "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Survey Charts."

All other geographic points used in this rule were taken from
the "National Ocean Survey, Lake Survey Chart 14830, Aid to Navigation."

(D)
It shall be unlawful for any
person to set a net or use any device in fishing, except a seine, in the
following described area:

Maumee bay waters of the lake Erie fishing district located in
Lucas county north, northeast and east of Toledo, Ohio, beginning at the west
bank of the mouth of the Maumee river; thence northwest and northerly following
the lake Erie shoreline to the Ohio-Michigan boundary line; thence east and
northeast following the Ohio-Michigan boundary line in lake Erie to Turtle
island; thence southeasterly to the northerly tip of Cedar Point marsh in
Jerusalem township; thence southwest and westerly following the lake Erie
shoreline to the east bank of the mouth of the Maumee river; thence westerly
across the mouth of the Maumee river to the point of beginning.

(E)
Except as otherwise provided,
it shall be unlawful for any person, to set, maintain, or use a net, seine, or
any other fishing device, other than a trotline or hook and line, from May
fifteenth to the following October fifteenth within one mile of the shoreline
in a portion of lake Erie bounded on the west by an imaginary line running due
north from the water tower of the "Ford Motor Company" west of Lorain to an
imaginary point one mile offshore, and on the east by an imaginary line running
due north from the east bank of the Chagrin river to a point one mile
offshore.

(F)
It shall be unlawful
for any person to set, maintain or use a net, or other fishing devices from May
fifteenth through October fifteenth in that portion of lake Erie beginning at
the Lakeside association dock for one-half mile north at 41° 33' 35" north
and 82° 45' 05" west, to a point one-half mile northeast of the Marblehead
lighthouse at 41° 32' 35" north and 82° 42' 20" west to a point
extending one-half mile off the Sandusky pier light at 41° 30' 15" north
and 82° 39' 55" west.

(G)
It
shall be unlawful for any person to set, maintain or use a trap net or fyke net
in any part of the Sandusky bay and more specifically west of an imaginary line
running from the northern most point of Sandusky pier light which is 41°
30' north and 82° 40' 5" west to Shafer's dock on Marblehead which is
82° 43' west and 41° 31' 3" north.

(H)
It shall be lawful to place, locate,
pull, or maintain a seine in Sandusky bay from one hour before sunrise on
Sunday to one half hour after sunset on Sunday, during the commercial fishing
season as set in rule
1501:31-3-01 of the
Administrative Code, Commercial Fishing Seasons. It shall be unlawful to set,
place, locate, or maintain a seine in Sandusky bay and the inland fishing
district during the nighttime from one hour after sunset until one hour before
sunrise.

(I)
Except as otherwise provided, it shall be unlawful for
any person, from March first to December tenth each year, to set, maintain, or
use a trap net or fyke net within one half mile of any structure, breakwater,
pier, or jetty associated with any federally maintained navigation channel in
lake Erie.

(J)
It shall be unlawful for any person, from March first
to December tenth each year, to set, maintain, or use a net or other fishing
device within one-quarter mile of the following defined reefs: